This is really a good news.
Anne-Rachel Inné a écrit :
>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666>>> Nigeria Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD
>> By Efem Nkanga, 05.18.2009
>> The Nigerian Internet community has effected the redelegation of the
> .ng ccTLD and attained full local management of the domain. The
> President, Internet Registration Association of Nigeria , Engr Ndukwe
> Kalu, disclosed this in a statement made available to THISDAY yesterday.
> Ndukwe stated that Nigeria had for long sought for full control which
> if finally attained at ‘’exactly 4pm GMT May 13, 2009, when Verisign
> made the ICANN approved root server changes to the .ng ccTLD, a few
> hours later ICANN/IANA effected the board approved redelegation of the
> Nigerian ccTLD on the IANA website’’ He reiterated that ‘’This
> effectively brings to an end the long drawn desire and expectation of
> the Nigerian Internet community to effect redelegation of the .ng
> ccTLD and full local management’’.
> Ndukwe went down memory lane and disclosed that the .ng ccTLD journey
> started in 1995 with the first delegation to one of Mrs Ibukun
> Odusote as the then admin contact. He added that by 2004 with the
> intervention of the former president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun
> Obasanjo the Nigerian Internet community represented by the G22
> reached a consensus on a not for profit all inclusive body to manage
> the .ng ccTLD. With the formation and final election of the NIRA
> executive board in May 2007 the stage was then set for conclusion of
> the redelegation process and fully localize the management of the ng
> cc TLD
> He added that the attempt to obtain full control met with a lot of
> challenges because as a totally new entity the executive had to
> concentrate on putting in place the required structure and
> infrastructure that would sustain the .ng ccTLD. He added that the
> efforts has however paid off because the .ng ccTLD would now be
> offering its domains in the ccTLD with the most robust technical
> infrastructure in Africa . The .ng ccTLD according to him is the only
> ccTLD with multiple anycast name servers offering local resolutions of
> .ng domain in over 40 cities in five continents with a 100% uptime
> guarantee. He reiterated that apart from that Nigeria is the second
> country in Africa to have a fully automated registry with full EPP
> access making it of global standard that allow registrars from all
> over the world to interact with it. Now with the Nigerian registry
> anyone can register a .ng in seconds and be sure that the name would
> always be available and visitors to the websites would get
> translations of the domain names in over 40 local cities making for
> better web experience.
>> Ndukwe added that this was a defining moment for the Nigerian
> Internet community and Nigerians. He added that the redelgation makes
> NIRA the sponsoring organization and manager of the .nccTLD bringing
> the .ng as desired to the greater participation of all stakeholders
> both government and private sector. He stressed that it has also
> accorded the former head of NITDA the late Prof Ajayi a new peace as
> one of his key desires comes to pass and his name is rested from the
> IANA website. According to him, with the change NIRA has deemphasized
> personalization of the domain managers but rather has used roles with
> the admin contact as the role of NIRA President.
>> He also emphasized that the issue NIRA has to grapple with now is
> that of the full population of the .ng ccTLD, a task which he
> described as very daunting because of the primary reason that all of
> the African ccTLDs put together cannot make the ccTLD Top 25. He
> stated that for an Information Age where the main asset is knowledge,
> a firm presence in cyberspace cannot be overemphasized. According to
> him NIRA is set to tackle this challenge by massively pursuing the
> population of the .ng ccTLD. It would start this quest by coming out
> with key projects to achieve this. The vision of NIRA is domiciled in
> making Nigeria to make the ccTLD top 20 by year 2011. He emphasised
> that this vision is not just for the sake of making the top 20 but to
> positively impact the Nigerian economy because with the development of
> the Nigerian cyberspace countless opportunities would be born for both
> the state and citizens.
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